The Nigeria Police Force said there were over 100 reported cases of mob justice in 2020. On March 25, police officers attached to the Itire Divisional Police Headquarters, Lagos, received a report ...

Police failures contribute to mob justice In particular in Nigeria, South Africa, Uganda, also Kenya and Ghana this kind of street justice is endemic, says Addadzi-Koom in a DW-Interview.

Mob justice—where a group of people takes the law into their own hands, often inflicting brutal violence or even death upon an accused individual—has become alarmingly common. The victims of ...

Some social media users even went as far as advocating for mob justice ... undeniably challenging even for criminal justice actors. In Nigeria, as in many other countries, the speed at which ...

The Nigeria Police Force demanded that Ekhorutomwem ... These @policeng officers engaging in mob justice against free speech are evil. They must be stopped. #EgbetokunMustGo #RevolutionNow.” ...

We want to see this police force return to Bukavu so that it can continue to maintain public order and, above all, intervene in cases of mob justice," he said. His organisation, the Observatory of ...